false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171602034m/109309.jpg 109309 15 Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary first novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel García Márquez and Salman Rushdie. In a vivid and magical story, The Circle of Reason traces the misadventures of Alu, a young master weaver in a small Bengali village who is falsely accused of terrorism. Alu flees his home, traveling through Bombay to the Persian Gulf to North Africa with a bird-watching policeman in pursuit. 1319831 1986 The Circle of Reason total:107|5:12|4:43|3:37|2:11|1:4| 107 369 183 10 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 12 14:43:54 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 15:22:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 28 15:53:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 17:36:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 27 21:55:23 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 21:59:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 02:55:57 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 01:41:00 -0800 2008
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